I know reading a book on an iPad or Kindle is in vogue right now, but call me old-fashioned – I like to read a book in print. I love to hear the creak when I first crack open a good hardbound book and smell the ink from the pages. What better way to savor the experience than to cross-stitch your own bookmark?
Usually, I grab a magazine blow-in card or paint chip sample to mark my place in a book, but doesn’t a bookmark seem more official? I originally cross-stitched this Once Upon a Time bookmark for a friend in college. A couple of months ago, I found the graph paper pattern I had drawn so long ago stashed in the back of one of my craft drawers. To make it easier to read, I recreated the pattern in Excel and then decided to stitch a bookmark for myself.
Felt back detail
For this bookmark, I used 18-count aida fabric and for the floss — 3 strands for the type and 1 strand for all of the back stitching. To cover the stitches in the back, I cut out a strip of felt (2” x 6-3/4”) and stitched it to the front with an embroidery needle, using half stitches. Finished size, including fringe is 2-3/4” wide x 7-1/2” long.
If you are interested in making this pattern, I am selling it as a PDF download in my Craftsy pattern store. Happy Stitching!
book credit: To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Ok, so giving you a heads up, my 40th birthday is in 14 months. This may be my request. I still use my pot holders all the time.
Hmmm…good to know
Thank you for sharing this lovely bookmark design, and your thoughts on books.
Lovely, thank you!
Thank you for sharing your lovely book mark.